Catalogue

Register of baptisms, December 1871 - April 1887

Register of baptisms, April 1887 - May 1897

Register of baptisms, May 1897 - June 1908

Register of baptisms, July 1908 - February 1919

Register of baptisms, February 1919 - June 1924

Register of baptisms, June 1924 - October 1939

Register of baptisms, October 1939 - May 1949

Register of baptisms, May 1949 - March 1973

Register of baptisms, 4 March 1973 - 30 May 2004

Register of marriages, February 1875 - March 1888

Register of marriages, March 1688 - October 1896

Register of marriages, October 1896 - July 1903

Register of marriages, July 1903 - June 1912

Register of marriages, June 1912 - September 1919

Register of marriages, October 1919 - June 1926

Register of marriages, June 1926 - December 1933

Register of marriages, December 1933 - January 1941

Register of marriages, February 1941 - September 1950

Register of marriages, September 1950 - December 1966

Register of marriages, 21 January 1967 - 24 September 1977

Register of marriages, 29 October 1977 - 22 August 2003

Register of banns, 1875 - 1890, 1906 - 1918, 1924 - 1929, 1961 - 1972

Notices of banns of marriage, 1945 - 1949

Register of banns, 4 June 1972 - 8 June 2003

Marriage licences, 1938 - 1950

Confirmation register, 1900 - 1933

Confirmation register, St. Andrew' s church, 26 March 1920 - 8 March 1933; Christ Church, Gateshead, 29 April 1956 - 23 November 1971, 27 November 1973, 5 March 1975, 23 November 1977 - 18 November 1999

Confirmation register, 21 March 1934 - 13 March 1955, 17 November 1972, 25 November 1975 - 24 November 1976

Registers of Services, 1908 - 1956

Register of services, 1 January 1957 - 2 April 1972

Register of services, 9 April 1972 - 6 September 1980

Register of services, 7 September 1980 - 19 May 1988

Register of services, 22 June 1988 - 2 May 2004

Plan showing alterations to the boundaries of the parishes of Gateshead, and Christ Church, Gateshead, n.d., [ c.1982] Scale: 1:2100 Originally attached to EP/Ga.CC 164

The London Gazette - formation of the parish 1874, stipend 1875, appointments of curates, 1877, 1892, St. George's Chapelry, 1904, 1906, Christ Church vicarage, 1910, stipend, 1915

Copy of a pastoral order, altering the parishes of Gateshead and Christ Church, Gateshead, 20 April 1982

Pastoral scheme concerning the dissolution of the benefice of Christ Church, Gateshead, and the union of the parish of Christ Church, Gateshead, and the parish of Bensham, 1991

Returns of benefice income, 1928 - 1936

Newspaper photograph of Rev. A. Preston with a canteen of cutlery to be auctioned at a forthcoming church bazaar, c.1960

Photograph of a clergyman [possibly Reverend Jonas Hoyle, Vicar of Christ Church, Gateshead], 1890

Copy of an engraving of Reverend T.C. Mulholland, Vicar of Christ Church, Gateshead, c.1890

Photograph of Reverend S. Davison, Vicar of Christ Church, Gateshead, 1914 - 1924, n.d.

Postcard photograph of Reverend S. Davison, Vicar of Christ Church, Gateshead, 1914 - 1924, signed by S. Davison, 1920

Postcard photograph of Reverend Mr. M. McDonald, and a church choir, 1924 Endorsed: 'To Gladys and Will, with best wishes, 14. 11. 24'

Postcard photograph of Reverend L.O. Henderson's dog, Midian , standing on a lawn, c.1938

Postcard photograph of Canon Stephenson, Vicar of Christ Church, Gateshead, right, seated, and two curates, n.d., [ c.1909]

Photograph of clergymen and civic dignitaries, including Reverend H.S. Stephenson, Canon Derry and Lord Northbourne, attending a ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone at the Parochial Hall, Christ Church, Gateshead, 1909

Postcard photograph of clergymen and civic dignitaries, including Reverend H.S. Stephenson, Canon Derry and Lord Northbourne, attending a ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone at the Parochial Hall, Christ Church, Gateshead, 1909

Copy of an engraving of Reverend Hugh McNeile, Canon of Chester, n.d., [late 19th century]

Photograph of an unidentified clergyman, n.d.

Photograph of two clergymen walking towards an unidentified church as Scouts provide a guard of honour, n.d., [ c.1960s]

Photograph of an unidentified clergyman and his bride, taken on their wedding day, n.d.

Photograph of a wedding party, including two clergymen, standing in a churchyard, n.d.

Parochial statistics, 1910 - 1940

Copy of a pastoral order altering rural deaneries in the diocese of Durham, 12 June 1978

Audio DVD entitled The Organ of Christ Church Gateshead played by John Goodenough, with notes on the church and the organ by Heather Bramwell, n.d. [2002 - 2003]

Correspondence between Rev. C.L.V. Atkinson, The Rectory, 56 Rectory Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Canon R.J. Knell, 40 St. Andrew's Drive, Low Fell, Tyne and Wear; Ven. Frank White, Greenriggs, Dipe Lane, East Boldon, Tyne and Wear; Rev. Michael Hough, St. John's Rectory, 45 Shotley Gardens, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; M.E.G. Hinson, 272 Heaton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Rev. P. Wright, Christ Church Vicarage, Bewick Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; A. Heard, Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; G. Underwood, Conservation Officer, Gateshead M.B.C., Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Royal British Legion, 142 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; and Rev. B.M.C. Broggio, St. Chad's Vicarage, Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, concerning the implementation of a pastoral scheme to reorganise parishes in Gateshead, including the closure of Gateshead, Christ Church, and the disposal of the church's contents, particularly its war memorial plaques, 25 September 1998 - 7 November 2005

Order of service of a Eucharist of thanksgiving and remembrance, the closing service at Christ Church, 2 May 2004

Correspondence between Haskel Special School, 6 Ashgrove Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Rev. P. Wright, Christ Church Vicarage, Bewick Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Rev. Canon Christopher L.V. Atkinson, The Rectory, 56 Rectory Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Gateshead District Scout Council, Mitchell House, Gladstone Terrace West, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Lamb & Edge, chartered surveyors, Yorkshire Chambers, 112-118 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne and Dickinson Dees, solicitors, St. Anne's Wharf, 112 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the sale of a piece of land in Gladstone Terrace West, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 27 December 2001 - 4 August 2003

Correspondence between Rev. B.M.C. Broggio, team vicar of Bensham, St. Chad's vicarage, Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear; Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Diocesan Office, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; Church of England Legal Office, Church House, Great Smith Street, London; Church Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London, and Mr. C. Gillhespy, Gray's Rural Property Services Ltd., Swallow Cottage, Hamsterley, concerning the process for making Christ Church redundant, 27 January 2004 - 30 November 2005

Copy of a photograph of the interior of the church looking along the nave towards the altar, c.1960

Photograph of an interior view of the east end of Christ Church, Gateshead, [taken before alterations], 1944

Photograph of an exterior view of Christ Church, Gateshead, n.d.

Photograph of an altar [possibly taken at Christ Church, Gateshead], n.d.

Photograph of a model church organ [made by A. Rutherford], taken at Christ Church, Gateshead, n.d.

Photograph of the east end of the nave and chancel, taken by G. Ternant, 1944

Photographs of the exterior of Christ Church, n.d. [c. 1960]

West end and spire from the south west

West end and spire from the south east

Spire and south side from the south east

Photograph of the east end of the church showing the altar and new wood panelling behind, n.d. [1980s]

Photograph of the east end of the south aisle, showing organ and the stained glass window dedicated to Benjamin Biggar, n.d. [1980s]

Transparencies depicting stained glass windows on the south side of the church, photographed by Neil Moat, Custodians House, Tynemouth Priory and Castle, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, with covering letter from Mr. Moat to Rev. P. Wright, Christ Church Vicarage, Berwick Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, outlining his research findings, 13 June 1990

Window dedicated to Benjamin Biggar, 1889

Window dedicated to Maria Fairlamb and her husband, 1918 - 1919

Window dedicated to Bombardier Edmund Dixon, killed in action, 1918

Photograph of a stained glass window on the south side of the church, dedicated to Bombardier Edmund Dixon, n.d. [1990s]

CD containing colour photographs of the interior of Christ Church, taken by John Collins, n.d. [2003]

Choir stalls

Nave, looking towards the altar

Font

Wall plaque in memory of Jonas Hoyle, vicar of Christ Church, 1884 - 1890

Stained glass window in the north aisle, dedicated to Robert Skinner Palmer

Model of the organ, front view

Model of the organ, side view

Plaque in memory of Maud and Edith Davison

North aisle and organ

Vestibule and entrance door to the vestry and meeting room

Vestibule and entrance door to the church

North aisle

Nave and south aisle

Nave and chancel, looking east

Chancel and organ

Easter table

Chapel

Plans of alterations to the east end - a new vestry 1902, wood panels remodelling, 1947, 1952

Plans of remodelling the chancel, 1946

Plan of a new oak pulpit, 1948

Description of the east window, 1977

Souvenir brochure and centenary programme, 1872-1972

Order-of-service for a service, 16 November 1972, and for the centenary service, 22 November 1972

Leaflet appealing for funds to mark the centenary, 1972

Book of visitors to the centenary exhibition, 18 November - 12 December 1972 Includes: names of Anglican and Methodist members of Lenten house groups, April 1973; description of a talk on Christ Church at the A.G.M. of the Gateshead and District Local History Society, 17 April 1974; names of visitors to the exhibition of the memorial book for commemorative hassocks, and of crosses belonging to Mrs. M. Parkes, 9-23 March 1975; list of those shown the crosses in their homes, 19 May - 1 June 1975; note of appeal, and service, to commemorate Mrs. Jean Preston, wife of Rev. A. Preston, vicar of Christ Church, 1955 - 1970, 12 October 1970; list of subscribers to Mrs. Preston's memorial fund, 12 October 1970; note concerning alterations made in the church, April 1977; note of proposals to make canvas covers for kneelers in the Lady Chapel, 1977; note concerning, and photograph of, the parish bus, c.1977; note concerning Mrs. Preston's memorial, October 1975; note concerning the exchange of pulpits between the vicar of Christ Church and the minister of Whitehall Road Methodist Church, 19 June 1976; note concerning the visit of the bishop of Durham, 1974; note concerning a carol service, 18 December 1973; note concerning the usefulness of the local M.P., John Horam, c.1975; note concerning the Rev. A.D. Parkes' s being invited to be a member of the Diocesan Readers' Advisory Committee, 27 July 1973

Book of those commemorated by donors of hassocks, 16 November 1972

Note outlining the history of Christ Church and photograph of the altar, c . 1972

Photograph of members of the Church Lads ' Brigade c.1930, displayed as part of the centenary exhibition, 1972

Greetings card, produced to commemorate the church's centenary, depicting Christ Church in winter, viewed from the south west, 1972

Deeds of church property, 1903 - 1952

Notification that Christ Church has been included on the schedule of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, 30 March 1983

Miscellaneous printed papers including dedication service for new windows, 1903, memorial service for Jane Elizabeth Nichol, 1916, parochial blue book, 1901

Correspondence etc. re Prince Consort Road Mission Hall, 1897 - 1912

Plans of the parish hall and parochial buildings, 1901, 1906 - 1907

Papers re alterations to the parsonage, 1902 - 1903

Plans of alterations to the vicarage, 1908

Correspondence between various parties and related papers concerning renovations to the vicarage, February 1970 - 24 August 1971

Correspondence between various parties and related papers concerning alterations to the church, 13 April 1970 - 14 July 1973

Log book, 1956 - 1964

Log book, 'Record of works done', 1980 - 1994

Terrier, 1905 - 1953

Inventory, 1955

Terrier, 1924 - March 1955

Terrier and inventory, c.1999

Faculties, including for enlarging the church, 1883, stained glass windows, 1918 - 1921, processional cross, 1941, chi1dren's corner, 1943, East end improvements, 1951

Quinquennial inspection report, by A.O. Lee, of Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Saddler Street, Durham City, November 1989

Quinquennial inspection report by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, Saddler Street, Durham City, October 1999

Quinquennial inspection report on Christ Church by Hayton, Lee and Braddock, conservation and historic building consultants, Owengate House, Durham, 20 October 1999

Schedule of dilapidations at the vicarage, July 1971

Schedule of dilapidations noted at the quinquennial inspection of Christ Church vicarage, by M. Galley, diocesan surveyor, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, August 2001

Churchwardens' statements of accounts, 1879 - 1912

Insurance policies, 1907 - 1956

Miscellaneous financial papers, mainly bills and receipts, 1899 - 1945

Papers re bequests to the church - W.E. Drummond 1933, Esther Stanger 1935, Scott bequest fund 1925 - 1947, J.M. Elliott, 1910

Accounts for the year ended 31 December 1976

Statements of account of Christ Church for the years ended 31 December 2000 - 2002

Sequestration accounts, 1948 - 1949

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1900 - 1968; including re St. Andrew's district, 1928, church repairs and restoration, 1931 census

Extract from the will of Edward Charles, of South Close, Gateshead, 1911

Correspondence between R.F. Romanis, Calderwood Crescent, Low Fell; John Ross and Son, chartered surveyors, Durham Road, Low Fell; Stanton, Croft and Company, solicitors, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Smith, Roddam and Company, solicitors, North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland; G.W. Heslop, Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland; F. Wilson, Leamside, Gateshead; L.N. Oxley, Westminster Street, Gateshead, concerning number 162 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead, 15 January 1978 - 14 January 1981

Vestry minutes, 1875 - 1954

Accounts, 1907 - 1910

Free Will Offering accounts, 1916 - 1919

Parochial Church Council minutes, 1918 - 1924, 1926 - 1952

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 14 July 1952 - 3 February 1971

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 30 March 1971 - 27 March 1984

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 8 May 1984 - 25 March 1995

Minute book of the Parochial Church Council, 7 June 1995 - 22 September 2002

Minute book of the Annual Parochial meetings, 23 March 1955 - 17 March 2001

Finance committee minutes, 1906 - 1909, P.C.C. minutes, 1909 - 1918, 1924 - 1926

Church extension committee minutes, 1883 - 1885

Minute book of the standing committee, 24 March 1954 - 7 October 1975

Account book, 1 January 1933 - 30 April 1942

Accounts, 1954 - 1956, 1958 - 1961, 1963 - 1965 Originally enclosed in EP/Ga.CC 196)

Account book, 1 January 1972 - 18 December 1978

Account book, 1 January 1979 - 27 July 1992

List of members of the Parochial Church Council, May 1926 - November 1969

Lease between the P.C.C. of the parish of Christ Church, Gateshead, and G. Davis, D. Wilson-Barlow and N. Miller, relating to land near Gladstone Terrace West, Gateshead, 1 April 1998

Correspondence between R. Romanis, Calderwood Crescent, Low Fell; G.P. Barnard, Dickinson Dees Solicitors, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; Michael T. Moran, District Treasurer, Gateshead District Scout Council; concerning the lease of land at Gladstone Terrace, Gateshead, 7 November 1997 - 20 April 1999

5 April 1977 (1) The Parochial Church Council of the parish of Christ Church, Gateshead (2) William Telford, Alan Gray and Leslie Bell Lease from (1) to (2) of land at Christ Church, Gateshead for a scouts' hut

Photograph of an inspection of IV Gateshead (Christ Church) Boy Scouts at Bamburgh Camp, Northumberland, 1912

Photograph, captioned: IV Gateshead Boy Scouts, showing a crowd of people gathered around a green, taken at Cragside Camp, Rothbury, Northumberland, 1913

Group photograph of IV Gateshead Boy Scouts, showing various trophies, c. 1917

Photograph of three members of the choir, Eric, Brian and Jim Wilson, c. 1970

Group photograph of St. Andrew's Church, Gateshead Choir, Easter 1941 Back row: M. Wild, E. Banks, J. Kirby Third row: A. Moss, F. Rogers, M. Cooper, D. Clark, C. Rogers, G. Souter Second row: L. Percival, J. Hurst, R. Barker, R. Nicholson, L. Souter, D. Hudson, J. Simpson Front row: N. Lambert, L. Moss, Reverend T.C. Hunter Clare, A.G. Miller, A. Barker, A. Dodds

Group photograph of Christ Church, Gateshead Choir, n.d., [c. 1930s - 1940s] Back row: G. Laidler, Kirby, Bruce, G. McPherson Third row: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, J. Mullen, unidentified Second row: Blakey, R. Strickland, B. Embleton, D. Grey, R. Humphrey, Lawson, D. Leightley, Jones Front row: Chisholm, M. Kirby, B. Gray, A. Evans, Reverend B.F. Westcott, D. Hawkins, unidentified, unidentified

Newspaper cutting concerning the identification of choir members photographed in EP/Ga.CC 209

Group photograph of a church choir [possibly of Christ Church, Gateshead], n.d.

Group photograph of a church choir [possibly of Christ Church, Gateshead], n.d. Back row: Rutherford, E. Wilson, J. Errington, J. Kirby, M. Kirby, Rogers Front row: R. Dobson, J. Price, C. Iredale, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Reverend A.L. Morrison, G. Kirby, G. Lister, R. Davidson

List of names of choir members in EP/Ga.CC 211

Photograph of two choir members in a church [possibly Christ Church, Gateshead], n.d., [ c.1960s]

Branch registration certificate of Christ Church, Gateshead, Church of England Men's Society, 30 June 1923

Branch registration certificate of Christ Church, Gateshead, Church of England Men's Society, 30 June 1924

Branch registration certificate of Christ Church, Gateshead, Church of England Men's Society, 1929 - 1930

Branch registration certificate of Christ Church, Gateshead, Church of England Men's Society, 1934 - 1935

Certificate awarding second place to Christ Church Amateur Dramatic Society in the Gateshead Deanery Youth Council Drama Festival, 18 - 19 April 1947

Gateshead Readers' Association minutes, 1948 - 1956

Miscellaneous reports - parish annual report, 1902, 1924 - 1928; Gateshead branches of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1924 - 1926; Church Missionary Association, 1922 - 1927; Church mission to Jews, 1923 - 1927

Parish magazine, February 1896

Parish magazine, May 1907

Parish magazines, May, July, December 1935

Parish magazines, January and August 1936

Parish magazine, March 1937

Parish magazines, January, March, November, December 1938

Parish magazines, July and August 1940

Parish magazine, March 1941

Parish magazines, January, April, July - August, October 1942

Parish magazines, January - February 1943

Parish magazines, February and August 1944

Parish magazine, May 1947

Parish magazine, May 1948

Parish magazine, January 1949

Parish magazines, March 1951 and September 1952

Parish magazines, November - December 1954

Parish magazines, May - June 1955

Parish magazine, April 1957

Parish magazine, December 1961

Parish magazines, June - July, November 1962

Parish magazines, January - April, October - December 1963

Parish magazines, May, July, October - December 1964

Parish magazines, January, May, July 1965

Parish magazines, October - November 1967

Parish magazines, January, March - October, December 1968

Parish magazines, January - March, September - December, 1969

Parish magazines, January, April, June - December 1970

Parish magazines, January - December 1971 From January 1971 the magazine is issued jointly with Whitehall Road, Methodist Church, Gateshead

Parish magazines, January - December 1972

Parish magazines, January - December 1973 and January - May, July 1974

Parish magazines, January - August, October, December 1975 From July 1975 the magazine relates to Christ Church only

Parish magazines, February - December 1976

Parish magazines, January - August 1977

Parish magazines, April - December 1978

Parish magazines, January - December 1979

Parish magazines, January - December 1980

Parish magazines, January - December 1981

Parish magazines, January - December 1982

Parish magazines, January - Christmas 1983

Parish magazines, February - Advent 1984

Parish magazines, January - Christmas, 1985

Parish magazines, Lent - Christmas 1986

Parish magazines, Lent - Christmas 1987

Parish magazines, New Year - Advent 1988

Parish magazines, January - Advent 1989

Parish magazines, New Year - Advent 1990

Parish magazines, New Year - Autumn 1991

Parish magazines, Early 1992 - Autumn 1992

Parish magazine, Lent 1993

Parish magazines, January - December 1889

Parish magazines, January - December 1893

Parish magazines, January - December 1894

Parish magazines, January - December 1895

Parish magazines, January - December 1897

Parish magazines, January - December 1900

Parish magazines, January - December 1901

Parish magazines, January - December 1902

Parish magazines, January - December 1905

Parish magazines, January - December 1911

Parish magazines, January - December 1914

Parish magazines, January 1924 - December 1928

Parish magazines, January 1929 - December 1933

Parish magazine, September 1965

Postcard photograph, captioned Gateshead Troop, showing a group of soldiers [possibly fusiliers] with felt hat headdress, at a camp, n.d., [early 20th century]

Photograph of Captain William Marley, 5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, c.1914

Photograph of a group of officers, with their horses, standing in a park, n.d., [ c.1914]

Photograph of two officers, on horseback, in a park, n.d., [c.1914]

Photograph of a group of cadets with an army chaplain, a clergyman, an officer, and a sergeant, n.d., [ c.1914]

Postcard photograph of a procession of soldiers, policemen, and civic dignitaries, n.d., [ c.1914]

Photograph of a group of merchant navy officers, n.d., [early 20th century]

Christ Church Roll of Honour, n.d., 20th century

Plan of Gateshead borough, 1891

Church scrapbook, 1904 - 1978

Welcome to Christ Church Gateshead , leaflet describing the parish, c.1972

Welcome ..... In the name of Jesus Christ , leaflet describing the parish, n.d.

An Easy Setting of the Office for the Holy Communion in F , composed by Arthur W. Hinkley, organist and choirmaster of Tanfield Parish Church, and dedicated to T. Duncombe Eden, esq., Beamish Park, n.d.

Order of Services for the 1250th Anniversary of Monkwearmouth parish church, 29 June 1924

Programme of a bazaar held at the Parochial Hall, Gladstone Terrace West, Gateshead, 11 - 12 February 1920

Building Committee minutes, 1893 - 1897

Plans showing parish boundaries, 1901, 1906

Balance sheet, 1901

Instrument regulating the right to nominate a minister for St. George's Church, 1904

Register of baptisms, January 1905 - September 1933

Registers of Services, 1904 - 1953, 1963 - 1968

Durham School Mission minutes, 1904 - 1909

Accounts, 1905 - 1924

Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence 1907 - 1941, report of Durham School Mission, 1905, parochial statistics, 1938 - 1939

Papers and plans re St. Andrew' s district boundaries, 1932 - 1934

Plans and correspondence re the erection of the church and parochial buildings, 1907 - 1912